La Grulla News

A 17-year-old man died in a rollover accident after leading police on a short chase in Alto Bonito Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

La Grulla police say a pursuit turned deadly for a teenager transporting marijuana.

Someday, if Armando Pea Jr. fulfills his dream of passing on the family grocery store, the legend might go something like this: One day Pea Jr.

Maybe they should have tried harvesting the sorghum instead. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested three men Thursday afternoon after they said they saw them pushing a wheelbarrow full of marijuana from the Rio Grande near La Grulla.

La Grulla's former police chief will now have to register as a sex offender. A Starr county jury found Alfredo Hernandez guilty of criminal solicitation of a minor.

La Grulla's former police chief will be back in court in Rio Grande City this morning.

For $800, "M. Zuniga" thought his legal troubles were resolved. The Starr County man told police he paid Home Town Bail Bonds two payments of $400 to take care of sequential arrests for public intoxication in Rio Grande City - even though in both cases, Zuniga was released by a magistrate on personal recognizance bonds.